On further review, it is in fact "sharp sticks"


Ouch! Did I mention I was never in the military? Don't have to wonder why now...

trust me, my unit had more than enough 'Characters' just like you .... you'd have fit right in

that's a comforting thought, our nations are being protected by people like that

on my latest IC post, I feel like I'm setting Crispy up for some comic failure...but well, you know, comedy and stuff...

LOL yeah,

roll Edge for me mate please

Can I use Edge on this roll?

5d6.hits(5) → [5,3,6,5,4] = (3) hits

is up, well done

You have been dropped in a field of what might be described as organic animal feed .. which as the chopper speeds off, leaves you waist deep in greenery.

under the cover of darkness you make your way to the dark outline of some long abandonned out building, possibly a small barn or shed.

in a short distance (maybe half a klick) you can see the lights of civilisation, it's possibly a small settlement like a port, but you need the GEO data back from the drone to get that info
from a hill overlooking the hamlet the lighthouse swings it's everburning lamp, obviously for the benefit of tourists, seeing as most stuff is Matrix controlled these days so a lighthouse would be utterly redundant.

from here in the field you issue the commands to your drone.

roll me some sensor tests and anything else you want the drone to do / look for
stealth ? etc.

some data search / matrix perception for Lexi to find your guy down there in the village

I think that's about it, feel free to extrapolate from the results into

Hobo is down there awaiting your call.

FOR LONGSHOT ONLY

Roll willpower mate,
Thanee do you need LoS for counterspelling via your spirit?
If so, Longshot is not covered,

Thanks

Yes, LoS is required.

Bye
Thanee

I think Raiden was bored of his character anyway, no loss

Does that mean Nova is driving the car already? Or am I just totally misunderstanding this part?

Bye
Thanee

Is Crispy in a position to see Longshot's reaction?

heh.. maybe I should edge.

8d6.hitsopen(5,6)=4 4 hits, if its nothing important congrats, made me worry enough 2 edge left to spend

What are you rolling Raiden? I didn't know SR had a Sanity meter

I Kinda abused you here, you guys needed the Hummer sent over and you needed some cover to remain under the concealment power.
if that's not what you want to do please let me know and I'll happily swap it around, the vehicle has autopilot afterall so,

lemme know,

do you REALLY wanna see ? he has a truck length head start on you so you can be at the cab, I think you were going to try and drive it anyway.
I'll leave it to Longshot to up if Crispy or anyone else can see him.

Congrats on the awesome rolling to resist mate,
your mind returns to it's normal state after what feels like an eternity of fighting your way through webs and small spider bites,
add this to your IC if you like, something just tried to mind rape you and leave your mind cocooned in webbing forever.... feels nasty .. but you live to roll another dice.

in better news, the two guys next to Flamer-Man step up and slam the doors shut on the trailer ... there's animalistic screams from inside but nothing more.

Cool - I was thinking a flying tackle was in order just because it would be funny to get Longshot out of harms way.

But maybe it's not necessary now...

I GM a lot of World of Darkness, sorry but some of the darker stuff creeps over into my SR, means that while there's no actual Sanity measure.. I still like to see the effects you portray when I frag with your minds ...

I like you all hamming it up with your reactions, makes for some good RP ..

get in the truck .... I dare you !

No, no, it's fine... was just wondering, if I understood it right.

Bye
Thanee

You got it spot on,

UPDATED MAP

LONGSHOT – F:3
CRISPY - I:6
NOVA U:5 -> on ramp headed to other boat

FRANCO - R:6
FLAMER - D:5
GOON 1 – F:5
GOON2 – E:7

SPIDERS A:3 – F:1 (Mostly all dead or retreating)

You know what? You've convinced me to stop thinking like a Shadowrunner, and to start thinking like a Cthulu player. HE grenades, here we come!

"Oh look, a powerful mystical artifact! What should we do with it?"
"Burn it!"

"Oh look, a valuable ancient statuette! What should we..."
"Burn it!"

"Oh look, a rare bo.."
"BURN IT!"

Btw, I'll hold off on an IC until Raiden posts something...

no worries, feel free to cover off any queries you have /ooc though ... I'm happy to answer

and more than happy to discuss plot / tactics and expectations with you all, this is after all, your story.

I'm just here to twist it and give you your characters, nightmares

Only tactical problem right now is how to lob a HE grenade into the midst of that group of hijackers and not damage the lovely flamethrower than Crispy is currently drooling over...

Plot-wise, I think you're doing a great job! I'm having a blast I appreciate you helping us "roll with the punches", like letting me roll Edge on the maglock card thingee (I was hitting myself in the head after your post - "shoulda checked that myself! stupid stupid stupid!")

Good! .. and thanks, I've still got a few things up my sleeve yet, for when you hit terra firma.

and if you liked this mission, then the [Next one] is going to really melt your noodle !

I'm a firm believer in "many ways to skin a cat" I don't think there should ever be a situation where "Oh, we left the decker at home, can't hack this lock so we're staying out of this room!"

There's always another way with some literal/lateral thinking .... or half a pound of C-4

as for the code, don't sweat it, I had hoped you were going to try a passkey generator or some hacking or something, so that Franco would have second thoughts and start the shooting.

the Edge roll was more an opportunity for me to make some drek up, the D.O.B was not a written part that you "Had" to find ... see above, there's no 'Traps' in my games..

anyway, now we have the hetero love hug out of the way, back to the killing

***EDIT***

Clarification on literal/lateral thinking for the group :

if you 'try something in that you RP around,
then generally I'll ask for a random roll and improvise from there... I'm all for thinking and playing, backed up by a test of some sort...

This is my first bromance, be gentle...don't mind the sweat, the doctors tell me that's normal for someone of my weight...

And yeah, I thought it would be bad form to break out the Hardware toolkit right in front of Franco. But now that I know the mercs are trigger happy and willing to shoot us, I'm gonna feel a LOT less guilty when Crispy goes all Neo on their asses.

You see what he said, right Raiden? They're willing to start the shooting. Seems like a pretty necessary killing to me!

heh. unless he BELIEVES that they are truly bad people he won't use lethal rounds . they could be trigger happy because they are scared not cuz they are bad after all haha

yeah, totally ... and the guys trying to abduct the scary thing you just saw that I'm totally not telling the other guys about,
they just wanna be friends really ...

in fact they're probably just discussing right now how to split up their bonus so that you three can get a fair share, right ?

and then it's time to go home and have tea and cake with you and the scary thing you just saw that I'm totally not telling the other guys about

amirite or amirite ?!

oh and btw Raiden, you need to read back a page,
there's some special stuff for you and Crispy is waiting on your reaction. post when you can... we'll move on straight after that between you guys ...

parazoology to see if I know what that thing is/was/will be

7d6.hits(5)=2

magical threats, same thing.
7d6.hits(5)=0

also, wanna take a look at the 3 guys that came in, do they have a military like air around them? what do I need to roll? I have military knowledge skill as well.

We did hear the radio chatter where they were discussing plans to kill all the witnesses and so on. Seems like pretty bad people to me...

When y'all registered for invisible castle, was there any delay in receiving a conformation email? I have registered 3 times, using 3 different email addresses, from 3 different email services and nothing.

Can someone please roll me 16 dice for infiltration.

It's not just you - I've seen many people on DS complaining about not receiving emails.

And IC is being weird for me too, now. Trying to roll for you, and the pages are erroring out. Maybe someone else will have better luck.

You can make rolls without registering, too.

Bye
Thanee

That could have gone better...

Infiltration -> 3 hits

Bye
Thanee

nothing military about these guys, they just prepared for the job given the information they needed to get the cargo.... their Johnson must have been feeling generous if he told them to bring flame throwers !

I'll let you buy the 4th Hit.. Thanee is only ever good at SPOTTING .. not HIDING

in fact, she can probably see you from here out on the boat... probably already has a bead on you down the sight of her rifle

Hey, quick question. The map shows the trailer part of the semi all skewed. Is it obvious at a glance if it's still connected? Like, when Crispy walked by on the way to the back, would he have seen if the trailer isn't attached now or not?

one of my earlier had it twisted but not seperated.. but is well worth checking out just in case,

roll a pilot ground craft test, or some kind of engineering

general engineering knowledge skill: 4 hits

that's the only skill he has that might be applicable...

is up

no need for perception checks, as soon as the truck headlights go on, you can see one of the guards hoisting what can only be Drago, over his shoulder to carry him to safety.

Totally metagaming, but I'm beginning to think something is affecting our mood. Mundane or magic?

fiat?

But, i drive an audi, not a fiat

Apologies for putting words in your mouths, had a long week and stuff has been getting at me, just my mood, nothing meta going on.

No worries, I just thought I was being clever and picking up on possible clues...spider-things have me a little jumpy...

if only I was that subtle .. no .. wait a sec ... I totally ballsed that up .. could had you going .. damn ..

anyways, post up your for vehicular manslaughter whenever

Got a post up about Crispy starting to drive the truck forward. Not sure if Longshot wants to hop onboard or is going to hitch another ride or..?

Pilot groundcraft .. Only minus 2 seeing as you did such an awesome job trying to fix her up!!!

Actions and intentions from longshot, please.. Feel free to hop on with crispy if you like, i just took a guess it wouldnt be your favourite idea

Perception from nova,

Actions and intentions from stitch too please,

Piloting the truck: 1 hit